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VR/AR/MR

Ivan E Sutherland
well-known as father of computer graphics did experiments at MIT Licoln
laboratory & unveiled world’s first HMD i.e. head-mounted display in 1968.
HMD seem to be responsible for adoption of VR i.e. virtual reality by people.

The term AR i.e. augmented reality was
coined by Boeing researcher Tom
Caudell and David Mizell in 1992 to describe a digital display for aircraft used
by electricians that blended virtual graphics onto a physical reality while
working at Boeing’s Computer Services’ Adaptive Neural Systems
Research and Development project in Seattle1.

VR,
AR has different uses, technologies and markets. It will be interesting to
compare and understand VR with AR & MR i.e. mixed reality in tables below.

VR

AR/MR

Display

Opaque headset to
immerse user in virtual world

Clear headset help user
see real world and overlay images/graphics onto it